Smart ambassador Ben&Ben takes on the concert stage in a live virtual show exclusively via kumu Live Events on May 22

Get ready for a night of heartfelt music as the country’s top artist and Smart ambassador Ben&Ben takes on the concert stage in a live virtual show exclusively via kumu Live Events on May 22, Saturday, starting at 7 p.m.  

 

Presented by kumu Live Events and MYX Philippines, and sponsored by Smart Bro, the virtual concert gives band members Miguel, Paolo, Pat, Agnes, Poch, Keifer, Andrew, Jam, and Toni a platform to reach out to their fans and perform their chart-topping hits including "Maybe the Night," “Leaves,” "Pagtingin," "Lifetime," and "Kathang Isip.” The concert will also be the first time the band will perform their latest singles "Upuan" and "Magpahinga" live.  

Smart Bro is giving subscribers a chance to win concert tickets to stream the concert, and some lucky winners can even score a VIP access for a virtual meet-and-greet with the band after the show. You need to have a kumu account to access the show on the kumu app.

 

To join Smart Bro's promo, simply post a photo of you on your favorite ‘upuan’ or ‘pahingahan’ at home with your Smart Bro Pocket WiFi device or Prepaid Home WiFi on this Smart Facebook Post or Smart Tweet with the hashtag #SmartBenAndBen. Stay updated on this exciting promo by following Smart’s official accounts on Facebook and Twitter.  

 

Get more data with Double GIGA Stories PRO

 

Smart Bro and Prepaid Home WiFi customers can stream Ben&Ben’s upcoming concert and enjoy more of their favorite online content by registering to Double GIGA offers, which come with twice the data for their choice of everyday apps.  

 

For example, Double GIGA Stories Pro now comes with as much as 204 GB, which consists of 6 GB Stories Every Day access to select social media apps including kumu, plus 24 GB open access data valid for 30 days for Php999.  

 

To enjoy the best data offers and promos, be sure to link your Smart Bro Pocket WiFi or Prepaid Home WiFi to the GigaLife App. Downloadable on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, the GigaLife App makes it so much easier for subscribers to monitor your data usage, register to top promos, earn GigaPoints, and enjoy exclusive data and lifestyle perks.  

 

The country's fastest mobile data network  

 

Smart Bro Pocket WiFi and Prepaid Home WiFi are powered by Smart, the country’s fastest mobile data network as reported by third-party mobile internet analytics firms such as Ookla® and Opensignal.    

 

Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and analysis, named Smart as the country’s fastest mobile data network in the second half of 2020 after it achieved a Speed Score™ of 24.99, with average speeds of 20.08 Mbps for download, and 7.42 Mbps for upload, based on 3,915,679 user-initiated tests taken with Speedtest®.  Ookla has also cited Smart as the country's fastest mobile data network for three years in a row now.  

 

On the other hand, Smart has scored a rare sweep in the April 2021 Philippines Mobile Network Experience Awards by independent analytics firm Opensignal, beating the competition across all metrics in three essential aspects of service: Coverage (4G Coverage Experience, 4G Availability), Speed (Download and Upload Speed) and Experience (Games, Video and Voice App). This is the first time an operator in the Philippines won decisively in all categories.  

 

Smart also enables subscribers to enjoy their favorite content seamlessly with Smart 5G, the fastest 5G network in the Philippines as cited by Ookla. Based on consumer-initiated tests taken using Speedtest® by Ookla, Smart has consistently posted the fastest 5G speeds for Q1 2021, with median download speeds of 190 Mbps – more than double the competition's speeds for the same period.  

 

To know more about the Smart Bro devices and offers that suit your lifestyle, visit www.smart.com.ph/bro.

 

Smart Bro Brings Ultrafast LTE Speed with "No Lock-In"

Smart Bro launches country’s first ‘no lock-in’ LTE plans

Smart Bro is making ultrafast Long-Term Evolution (LTE) connectivity accessible to more users with the recent expansion of its LTE mobile broadband offers featuring new postpaid plans and devices that are more affordable and easier to acquire.

With high-speed Internet connectivity becoming an essential part of one’s day-to-day lives, Smart Bro is bringing two new postpaid LTE offers to users: LTE Plan 999 with 3GB of data allocation every month and LTE Plan 599 with 1.5GB of monthly data allocation. These plans are available through a SIM-only subscription that comes with no lock-in period, the first LTE subscription of its kind in the country today.

Aside from these new plans, Smart Bro is also introducing two LTE-powered tablets that can bring blazing-fast multimedia experiences to every user through the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link LTE tablet and the newest version of the Asus Nexus 7 under LTE Plan 1299.

“Smart Bro is making it easier and more affordable than ever for subscribers to experience the ultrafast LTE speeds from the leader in mobile. Whether they use a laptop, a tablet, or other mobile devices, users now have the widest options to choose how they want to experience the best mobile broadband experience from the country’s largest broadband network,” said Michele Curran, Data and International Services Head at wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart). Smart Broadband, Inc. (Smart Bro) is a subsidiary of Smart.

Interested subscribers can get the new LTE Plan 999 or LTE Plan 599 offers in two ways: with a no lock-in subscription but with a one-time fee of P3,500 for an LTE Plug-It or P4,500 for an LTE Pocket WiFi device; or with a 24-month lock-in period that comes with either a free LTE Plug-It or an LTE Pocket WiFi device for a P1,500 one-time fee upon sign-up.

Ultrafast Internet on tablets

But for those interested in experiencing life in the fast line of mobile broadband through the latest tablet devices, Smart Bro offers the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link LTE tablet at Plan 1299 with a one-time fee of P2,200 and the Asus Nexus 7 LTE tablet with a one-time fee of P1,500.

Huawei Mediapad 10 Link

The Huawei MediaPad 10 Link features a 10-inch IPS display optimized for viewing from a wide range of angles. It also comes with 16GB of onboard storage, 1GB RAM, and runs a quad-core processor under the hood as well as the Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system.

The, meanwhile, brings the purest Google experience to users with its IPS Display, 32GB of internal storage, and the latest Android Jelly Bean mobile OS paired with the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.


These LTE tablet plans come with the standard two-year contract and 1.5GB of data every month. Once subscribers reach their monthly volume allocations, they can choose to subscribe to any of Smart Bro’s LTE data packages, which include: LTE 50 for 1 day, LTE 299 for one week, and LTE 999 for one month of unlimited surfing on LTE. They can subscribe to these packages by logging on to the Smart Online Store (store.smart.com.ph).

Tomorrow’s Internet

Smart Bro is able to deliver the widest range of LTE plan and device offers in the Philippines today thanks to more than 10,000 4G-capable sites (HSPA+, LTE/LTE-A) backed more than 78,000 kilometers of fiber footprint around the country.

“This allows us to deliver Tomorrow’s Internet to more subscribers today, enabling them to seamlessly enjoy multimedia content, stream live shows, and share photos and videos with their friends with the help of ultrafast and reliable broadband service from Smart Bro,” Curran added.

Interested subscribers can sign up for any of these new LTE plans by proceeding to select Smart Stores nationwide. To know more about these offers, users can visit smart.com.ph/bro, contact 6727277 on their landline phones, or dial *888 for existing Smart subscribers.